IT

05/01/2006

Asklepios develops an international showcase

Intel and Microsoft are developing pilot networks to link hospitals and healthcare participants. …

05/01/2006

Health Optimum

Downloading digitally signed clinical test results from home is possible and 40% of users residing in the Treviso region in Veneto, do so regularly. …

03/01/2006

How to buy a HIS

SALK, a hospital company based in Salzburg, has a budget of €350 million for three hospitals and employs 4,500 people who serve 80,000 patients and 300,000 out-patients per …

03/01/2006

PACS pushes European CR and DR uptake

For 2005, the European CR systems market was valued at US$261.9 million. This is expected to reach $322.9 million in 2010. …

03/01/2006

SMS messaging in paging systems

Bosch launched a new paging system which automatically diverts paging calls to mobile phones, so that an SMS message can be sent. …

03/01/2006

Back on the map

In September 2002, when Philippe Houssiau became President of Agfa's HealthCare Business Group, he quickly saw that the company possessed huge imaging technology and knowledge …

03/01/2006

Telemed screening for diabetic retinopathy

The United Kingdom's Diabetes Retinal Screening Service …

03/01/2006

The vendor, system administrator and manager in a new fully digital environment

A report about the installation of a new HIS in combinations with the setting up of a new Economic Software platform at Semmelweis University. …

03/01/2006

Med-e-Tel

The Med-e-Tel eHealth conference and trade show from 5 to 7 April 2006, Venue, Luxembourg, will again attrackt healthcare professionals. …

03/01/2006

Images and data integration in the healthcare information system

A report about an innovative informatics/logistics solution for the Policlinico Gemelli Hospital - Catholic University of the Sacred Heart - Rome. …

03/01/2006

Performance measurement to improve quality

Joint Commission International (JCI) accredited hospitals have long expressed an interest in performance measurement to support quality improvement efforts and to provide a valid …

09/01/2004

Virtual visits with neonates

Although parents are allowed in neonate ICU units, family members and friends are barred. To meet this need, Innsbruck Medical University recently launched the project 'Babywatch' …

07/01/2004

Wireless at the bedside

Italy - The WardInHand project, which set out to provide a tool for medical teams to access a hospital information system (HIS) from wards, does not replace or compete with …

07/01/2004

Intelligent messaging

Gothenburg, Sweden - Ascom Wireless Solutions reports on a new Internet Protocol-based messaging platform that can integrate traditional hospital paging with DECT systems and …

07/01/2003

Telemed for ophthalmology

O-PACS, the first integrated Digital PACS solution and Electronic Medical Record (EMR) developed specifically for ophthalmology, heralds a new era of tele-ophthalmology and could …

07/01/2003

CE approved

The Biotronik Home Monitoring Service, which gained CE approval in May, has now monitored over 1,500 patients worldwide. Studies indicate that 88% of patients claim an increased …

04/30/2003

Telemedicine and medical insurance

The European Health Telematics Association's (EHTEL) white paper and action plan for 2002-2003 states that without the creation of reimbursement processes and a regulatory …

04/30/2003

A national electronic healthcare system

The National Health Service launches one of the world's biggest IT projects this month (April) aiming to connect British healthcare providers in 28 strategic health trusts via …

04/30/2003

Airline tests in-flight telemedicine

Lufthansa - the first airline company to offer high-speed broadband internet connection for data transmission - has used the trial phase of its new in-flight internet service, …